Mark’s Daily Thought – Ideas from Mark Fritz to help you Get Ahead, Stay Ahead and Be Successful
Rapport is more about being interested than being interesting. We create greater rapport with others by listening and being interested in what they are saying, versus what we say and trying to be interesting to them. Focus on being “interested”.
The Obvious?
Many moons ago I wrote a blog post asking:
“Is it unfair to characterise the IT industry as dodgy characters in cheap suits selling wish fulfilment to out of their depth executives?”
Sadly those guys have now moved on to package and sell social into the business world. People are being fleeced for over engineered, over priced and over sold bloatware. This is not in anyone’s long term best interests.
Mark’s Daily Thought – Ideas from Mark Fritz to help you Get Ahead, Stay Ahead and Be Successful
Our world is getting more complex each day, and making our choices (decisions) in life more difficult as well. The successful people make their choices in life easier by basing them on very simple (& clear) goals and values. These goals & values create simplicity in a complex world.
Mark’s Daily Thought – Ideas from Mark Fritz to help you Get Ahead, Stay Ahead and Be Successful
Being self aware is about more than just what we say, it is also about all of the non-verbal messages we are sending with our body language and facial expressions. In many ways, our silent messages speak louder than any of the words we ever say.
Mark’s Daily Thought – Ideas from Mark Fritz to help you Get Ahead, Stay Ahead and Be Successful
Leaders focus on creating the right structure for their organisations, and often think too much on control, and not enough on communications. Successful leaders structure their organisations to facilitate the right discussions on how to deliver the customer experience.
Mark’s Daily Thought – Ideas from Mark Fritz to help you Get Ahead, Stay Ahead and Be Successful
When rising in organisations, the one key skill that all successful leaders develop is decision making. These leaders realised that the higher they climb, the more uncertainty there will be on the decisions they are required to make. It’s about deciding in the face of uncertainty.
Mark’s Daily Thought – Ideas from Mark Fritz to help you Get Ahead, Stay Ahead and Be Successful
Everyone experiences fear and worry, especially when going beyond their comfort zone. Some replay the fear and worry into such a strong message that it stops them from taking action…while others have learned to channel that same fear and worry into strong action. Which is your approach?
Mark’s Daily Thought – Ideas from Mark Fritz to help you Get Ahead, Stay Ahead and Be Successful
People can learn a great deal about you by observing how you handle problems. Unsuccessful people look at problems as only a negative. However, successful people can look beyond the negative and see that success in life comes from solving problems.
Mark’s Daily Thought – Ideas from Mark Fritz to help you Get Ahead, Stay Ahead and Be Successful
There is a big difference between successful leaders and unsuccessful leaders. Unsuccessful leaders are satisfied with hearing what they want to hear. Not so, with successful leaders…as they are not satisfied until they hear what they need to hear.
The Obvious?
Happiness is a newly mown lawn. And yet how hard it is to get started. I will do anything but get that mower out and have even been known to hope for rain on a day I have agreed to cut the grass.
But the quiet satisfaction of getting it done is so sweet. The slightly aching muscles, the smell of petrol and newly mown grass, the neat, alternating, light and dark lines drawing your eye down the centre of the garden. It feels good for a short while. I resolve to try harder next time.
But I know I won’t …
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